Indian Artists & Celebrities
Himani Shivpuri was born and brought up in Dehradun, Uttrakhand, her father Haridutt Bhatt was a Hindi teacher at Doon School, Dehradun, where she also received her school education. Even while she was at school she was actively involved in school plays, and while doing her post graduation in ‘Organic Chemistry’, her interest grew and … Read more
Neelima Azim is an Indian film and TV actress and the mother of Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor. Neelima Azeem’s father was Anwar Azeem, a prominent Marxist journalist and Urdu author, who was the grand son of film director, screen writer, Urdu novelist and journalist Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. She got married to Rajesh Khattar but later … Read more
This light-eyed singer emerged successfully from the shadow of his illustrious comedian-father Mehmood, with his soulful ditties. Born Maqsood Mehmood Ali, Lucky Ali first drew attention with the ballad O sanam from the album Sunoh, filmed amidst the pyramids of Egypt. The album sold over 4,00,000 copies and catapulted Lucky Ali to fame. The album … Read more
Think of Mukesh Khanna and the image of ‘Shaktimaan’ springs to mind. Or is it ‘Bheeshma Pitamaha’. He is one of those rare actors who lives out two screen characters. As Mukesh Khanna says: ‘I totally believe in destiny and I was destined to give ‘Aashirwad‘ (rewind to Bheeshma in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat). But there … Read more
Reema Lagoo The very famous kind-hearted “Maa” of Hindi film actors, Reema Lagoo is an actress, who features in Marathi and Hindi movies. Born as Nayan Bhadbhade in the year 1958, Reema forayed into acting as her profession from Marathi plays. Reema is the daughter of “Lekure Udanda Jaahali” fame actress Mandakini Bhadbhade. For around … Read more